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[https://www.nytimes.com/1966/09/25/archives/malaria-wins-round-2-malaria-wins-round-2.html by C.p. Gilmore The New York Times] | [https://www.nytimes.com/1966/09/25/archives/malaria-wins-round-2-malaria-wins-round-2.html by C.p. Gilmore The New York Times] | ||
"W 'E thought we had malaria under control in World War II," says Col. William D. Tigertt, director of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. "But now, 20 years later, we still face the same problems." The problems Colonel Tigertt refers to exploded violently in Vietnam last fall. United States troops by the hundreds suddenly began coming down with a virulent strain of malaria against which even the most potent wonder drugs were strangely powerless. | "W 'E thought we had malaria under control in World War II," says Col. William D. Tigertt, director of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. "But now, 20 years later, we still face the same problems." The problems Colonel Tigertt refers to exploded violently in Vietnam last fall. United States troops by the hundreds suddenly began coming down with a virulent strain of malaria against which even the most potent wonder drugs were strangely powerless. | ||
=====Malaria: Huge progress on global killer===== | |||
[https://www.bbc.com/news/health-34269314 by BBC NEWS] | |||
Malaria is caused by a parasite called plasmodium which initially hides in the liver before going into the bloodstream and infecting the red blood cells which carry oxygen around the body. | |||
